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(No Model.)

T. D. HAMMOND.

CARPET PASTENER.

Patented Mar; 5, 1889.

UNTTED STATES ATENT Urricn THOMAS l). HAMMOND, OF SYRACUSE, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR ()1? ONE-HALF TO ELL ET I. KELLER, OF SAME PLACE.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,038, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed June 7, 1838. Serial No. 276,342. (No model.)

T all 11171 am it mu 1 concern: stz'ttioi'lary jaw c, and thus grip the edge of Be it known that I, THOMAS 1). HAMMOND, the carpet inserted between the two jaws. of Syracuse, in the county of (li'londaga, in The gripping end of the jaw 47 is to be ser- 50 the State of New York, have invented new rated or provided with teeth 1; 2, to allow it to and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fastenobtain a firm hold on the carpet.

ers, of which the following, taken in connee The at'm'esaid baseplate a, post I), and jaws tion with the accompanying drawings, is a c and d, I prefer to form from a single blank, full, clear, and exact description. l3, stamped out of sheet metal by means of a 55 This invention consists, essentially, of jaws suitable die, said blank consisting of an elonsecured to the floor and adapted to receive l gated strip perforated at c c for the reception and grip between them the edge of the carpet, of the attaching tacks or screws and at e to and levers connected to the said jaws to close serve as a pivot for the lever Z, and serrated the same, as hereinafter fully described, and at the opposite end, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of 60 specifically setforth in the claim. the drawings. By folding the blank on the I5 In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a dedotted line back. upon itself the jaw (Z is taehed side view of my improved carpet-fast formed over the base (1-, and by bending the ener with its jaws in an open position. Fig. blank at proper angles on. the dotted lines 2, 2 is a side view of the same secured to the 3, and l the post 7) and jaw c are formed. In 65 floor and in position to hold the carpet. Fig. this manner I obtain. a simple, convenient, o 3 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig. 4 andveryettective carpet-fastener. Bysecuris a plan view of the blank from which the ing the requisite number of such carpet-fast carpet-fastener formed. eners to the floor near the base-board and dis- Similar letters of reference indicate corretributing them proper distances apart a ear- 7o spending parts. pet properly connected to said fasteners is c and (1 represent, respectively, the siaheld perfectly taut and smooth.

t-ionary jaw and the movable or spring jaw IlavingdescribedmyinventioinwhatIelailn designed to grip the edge of the carpet, as as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patrepresented by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the out, is 7 5 drawings. The jaw r is sustained in its posi- The within-described carpet-fastener, comtion by a base-plate, a, which is perforated, posed of the base a, post I) at one end of said as shown at e e, for the reception of tacks or base and terminating in the rearward and screws by which to fasten it to the floor, said downward projecting jaw c, the spring-plate base being termed at the end adjacent to the d, placed over the base a, parallel therewith, 8o base-board L of the room with a post, I), which and having its heel secured to said base and terminates in the rearward and downward its opposite and free end under the jaw c, and 'irojeeting jaw c. ()ver the base a, and parthe lever Z, pivoted to the post Z), and provided allel therewith, lies the jaw (7, preferably of with the earn 0 under the free end of the plate the form of a spring-plate secured at its heel d, substantially as described and shown. 85 to the aforesaid base, and having its opposite In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed 40 end free and extending under the jaw 0, so as my name, in the presence of two witnesses, at to allow it to close therewith. Under the Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the spring-jmv (I is a suitable tightener, o, pref- State of New York, this 5th day of Jun (2,1888. erably of the form of a cam formed on the THOMAS D HAMMOND [L end of a lever, l, which is pivoted to the post I). By turning said lever from a vertical to a \Vitnesses:

horizontal position the cam 0 is caused to pry O. L. BENDIXON, up the jaw 11 and crowd the same toward the MARK ll". DEWE v. 

